KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae Email [email protected] web: www.karanjani.com Address Vanderbilt University, Department of Physics & Astronomy 6301 Stevenson Science Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA Phone work: +1-615.322.4908 cell: +1-814.321.7501 skype: karan_jani Social Media /in/karanjani @astroKPJ /astroKPJ @astroKPJ
Research Interests Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics (100+ publications, 50+ invited talks) Intermediate-mass black holes; Numerical relativity simulations on supercomputers; Data-analysis in LIGO; Next-gen. gravitational-wave experiments moon and space
International Affairs, Science & Education Policies (3 publications, 6 invited talks) Security implications of big data; Global cooperations in space-science; K-12 and higher-education in India
Education 2012 - 2017 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Thesis title: “Journey of Binary Black Holes: From Supercomputers to LIGO to Universe” Thesis Advisor: Prof. Deirdre Shoemaker - Sam Nunn Fellow (awarded to 8 PhDs across all disciplines) - Vice-President Student Government (6 colleges, 9000+ students) - LIGO Scientific Collaboration Fellow (on-site at LIGO Livingston) - American Physical Society-FIP Distinguished Student Award - Gravitational-Wave-Intl’-Committee-Braccini Thesis Prize, Hon’ mention
2007 ‑ 2011 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Astronomy & Astrophysics, B.S. in Physics, Minor in Mathematics Pennsylvania State University, USA Project: “Orbital Configuration of LISA-like Gravitational Wave Detectors” Advisor: Prof. Lee Samuel Finn - Summer research at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (Canada) and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Germany) - Vanderbilt Uni. Prize for Undergrad. Research in Phys. & Astro. (finalist) - First Prize for Undergraduate Research (Eberly College of Sciences) - Eberly College of Sciences Dean’s List
2006 ‑ 2007 B.Sc. in Physics (transferred after the first year) Maharaja Sayajirao University, India 1 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com I. RESEARCH
Professional Experience
2020 ‑ Present Research Assistant Professor in Physics & Astronomy Vanderbilt University
2019 ‑ 2020 GRAVITY Postdoctoral Fellow Vanderbilt University
2017 - 2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Georgia Institute of Technology
2016 LSC Fellow, LIGO Livingston Observatory California Institute of Technology
2015 - 2016 Sam Nunn Fellow, Center for International Strategy, Technology & Policy Georgia Institute of Technology
2012 - 2017 Graduate Research Assistant, School of Physics Georgia Institute of Technology
2010 Undergrad Research Fellow, Quantum Gravity Group Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
2009 Summer Research, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany
2008 - 2012 Research Assistant, Institute for Gravitation & Cosmos Pennsylvania State University
Honors & Awards 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 All-Star Alumni List includes Simone Biles (Olympian) & Billie Eilish (Grammy winner)
Postdoc of The Year Selected across Vanderbilt University for excellence in research & scholarship
2019 GRAVITY Fellowship
2018 TED Speaker, Official TED Conference
105 Interdisciplinary Thinkers in the World, Vice-Motherboard
2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 - Science
Office of Executive Vice President of Research Award 4th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium, Georgia Tech
CNN-News18 Tech Personality of The Year (Viewer’s Choice Winner)
2017 Gravitational-Wave-International-Committee - Braccini Thesis Prize (Honorable Mention)
Prof. P. C. Vaidya Centennial Lecture (Vaidya metric fame) 2 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com
2016 LIGO Scientific Collaboration Fellowship
Distinguished Student Award Awarded by Forum of International Physics & American Physical Society
College of Sciences Award for Best Poster Career, Research & Innovation Development Conference, Georgia Tech
Distinguished Speaker International Conclave on Higher Education
2015 Sam Nunn Security Fellowship Funded by the MacArthur Foundation
2013 Student Visitation Award Indo-US Science & Technology Forum and the American Physical Society
2010 Research Fellowship at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
2009 Vanderbilt University Prize (National Finalist) Undergraduate Research in Physics & Astronomy
Honors shared with the LIGO Discovery Team
2017 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
Bruno Rossi Prize, Awarded by the High-Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society
Einstein Medal, Awarded by the Einstein Society in Bern, Switzerland
2016 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics ($3 million prize)
Gruber Prize Cosmology, Gruber Foundation, Yale University
Grants & Proposals Total funding ~ $1.2 million
• National Science Foundation Proposals
– “Multi-Band and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with Intermediate-Mass Black Holes” ($600,000)- Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (PI), Karan Jani (co-PI) Proposal submitted to NSF Gravity Theory program, 2019
– Contributed to the writing of “Compact Objects and Gravitational Radiation” ($600,000) for Deirdre Shoemaker (PI), Pablo Laguna (Co-PI), 2017-2019
– Contributed to the writing of “Gravitational Wave Transient Astrophysics with LIGO” ($440,000) for Laura Cadonati (PI), Deirdre Shoemaker (Co-PI), 2017-2019
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• Computing Proposals – Contributed to the writing of XSEDE proposal “Gravitational Wave Astrophysics of Compact Objects” (1.3 Million SUs ~ $100,000) for Pablo Laguna (PI), 2018
• Indo-US Science and Technology Forum – Successfully acquired grants for long-term visits to India ($3000), 2013 • University Funds – Successfully acquired multiple awards ($4500), from the Conference Fund allocated by the Student Government Association of Georgia Tech, 2013-2015
Mission White Papers: • NASA Artemis Program – Primary author on white paper for a moon-based gravitational-wave detector
• Snowmass 2021 – Primary author on Letter of Intent for a moon-based gravitational-wave detector • Voyage 2050 Science Programme Call from the European Space Agency – Coordinated white-papers on behalf of the LISA Consortium 2050 Task Force, 2019 – Selected for presentation to the Agency workshop, October 39-21 2019, Madrid, Spain • Astro 2020 Decadal Survey – Coordinated white papers on behalf of NASA Gravitational Wave Science Interest Group for the LISA mission, 2019
Professional Membership
Collaborations LIGO Scientific Collaboration Full Member since 2015 One of the senior members of Vanderbilt-Fisk LIGO Group International LISA Consortium Full Member since 2018 Part of the LISA Consortium 2050 Task Force Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations Member since 2016 Involved with the efforts for LIGO-India project
Societies American Astronomical Society Member since 2019 American Physical Society Member since 2010 Society of Physics Students Member during undergraduate studies - 2008-2011
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Roles in LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Third Observing Run (2019 - 2020): • GW190521 – Representative on behalf of the LIGO Collaboration at the official Press Conference – Member of the Paper Writing Team • Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Search – Analyst with the Burst Working Group; Numerical relativity interface
Second Observing Run (2016 - 2017): • Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog-1 – Technical Liaison from the Burst Working Group – Editorial Contributions to the paper • GW170817 - First Multi-Messenger and Binary Neutron Star Detection – LSC Reviewer for NASA Fermi-GBM discovery paper of GRB 170817A • Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Search – Paper Writing Team – Co-lead from Burst Working Group – Technical Liaison for NR Waveforms Working Group • GW170823 - Binary Black Hole Detection – Contributed in Detection Checklist • GW170104 - Binary Black Hole Detection – Numerical relativity visualizations [poster] • LSC Fellow at LIGO Livingston Observatory – Stationed at the detector for 3 months – In-charge of hardware injection for both the LIGO detectors during O2a – Data quality shifts for rapid feedback with LIGO sites
First Observing Run (2015 - 2016): • GW150914 - First detection of gravitational waves – Conducted targeted numerical relativity simulations – Co-wrote GW150914 Burst Companion Paper – Co-wrote GW150914 Numerical Relativity Companion Paper – Developed sensitivity studies for O1-All-Sky Search Paper • Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Search – Primary project for PhD thesis – Co-editor in Paper Writing Team and Lead from the Burst Working Group LIGO-India: • Official invitation to discuss with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi – Part of the NSF Delegation for the signing of LIGO-India MoU 5 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com
Speaking Engagements Full list includes 103 talks = 33 colloquiums & seminars; 36 talks at conferences & meetings; 34 invited talks at industry & public lectures (listed on page 13) All talks presented by K. Jani (unless stated otherwise)
Selected Colloquiums & Seminars:
1. Yale University, Astronomy Colloquium, “Detection of a New Class of Black Holes,” September 24, 2020
2. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, ITC Colloquium, “Detection of Lite-Intermediate Mass Black Holes in LIGO-Virgo”, September 10, 2020
3. University of Amsterdam, GRAPPA Colloquium, “Detection of a New Class of Black Holes,” September 24, 2020
4. Maynooth University, Ireland, ASI Colloquium, “Discovery of “Lite” Intermediate-Mass Black Holes,” October 13, 2020
5. Fermilab, Joint Experimental-Theoretical Physics Seminar (Wine & Cheese Seminar), “Discovery of Black Holes That Should Not Exist,” October 23, 2020
6. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Cosmology & Gravitation Seminar, “GW190521 - Discovery of Black Holes That Should Not Exist,” October 27, 2020
7. University of Florida, Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar, “GW190521 and Multi-Band, Multi-Messenger Astronomy,” September 30, 2020
8. Harvard University, Particle Theory Seminar, “Discovery of Black Holes that Should Not Exist”, September 15, 2020
9. NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Astrophysics Colloquium, “Finding black holes that should not exist”, October 9 2019
10. Caltech, Special TAPIR Seminar, “Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in LIGO and LISA”, October 8, 2019
11. Penn State, High Energy Physics & Astrophysics Seminar, “Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy”, October 29, 2019
12. Missouri S&T, Department of Physics Colloquium, “Finding black holes that should not exist with LIGO and LISA”, October 15, 2019
13. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, ITC Luncheon, “Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy”, September 5, 2019
14. Vanderbilt University, Astronomy Seminar, “Finding Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in LIGO and LISA” , April 19, 2019
15. Harvard University, Particle Physics Seminar, “Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy”, September 3, 2019
16. NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, “Search for Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Advanced LIGO”, April 11, 2017 6 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com
17. Caltech, LIGO Data Analysis Group, “How massive a black hole can we see with Advanced LIGO (& 3G)?”, Sept. 25, 2017
18. Stanford University, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology, Tea Talk, “Search for Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Advanced LIGO”, March 21, 2017
19. Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nodal LIGO-India Institute), GW Seminar, “Gravitational Waves from BBHs in Future Detectors”, December 30, 2016
20. Tata Institute of Fundamental Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics Seminar, ‘‘Journey of Binary Black Holes: From Supercomputers to LIGO to Universe”, August 12, 2016
21. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics “Some Ideas on Quantum Gravity Phenomenology”(available on PIRSA), Canada, July, 2010
22. Cardiff University, “Testing the No-Hair Theorem of General Relativity with S-stars” Gravitational Physics Group, UK, July 17, 2009
Selected Talks at Conferences & Collaboration Meetings:
23. Snowmass 2021 Meeting at Fermilab [Invited, Plenary], Voices from the Community Town Hall, “A deci-Hz Gravitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology,” October 6, 2020
24. American Astronomical Society Meeting [Invited], Hawaii, “Multi-Messenger Search for Intermediate-Mass Black Holes” , January 8, 2020
25. Machine Learning in Science & Engineering Conference at Carnegie Mellon University [Invited], “Citizen Science & Machine Learning for Gravitational Wave Astronomy”, June 10-12, 2018
26. Snowmass Community Planning Meeting at Fermilab, “Lunar-based Gravitational-Wave Detector”, Session: New Gravitational-Wave Detectors and Facilities, October 6, 2020
27. 13th International LISA Symposium (Live Contribution Talk), “Multi-band, Multi-messenger Search for Intermediate-Mass Black Holes”, Glasgow, UK, September 4, 2020
28. American Physical Society April Meeting (Virtual), “Fundamental Relation Between the Masses and Spins of the Heaviest Black Hole Mergers,” April 18-21, 2020
29. American Physical Society April Meeting (Virtual), “Assessing the Readiness of Numerical Relativity for Future Detectors,” Presented by D. Ferguson, April 18-21, 2020
30. American Physical Society April Meeting (Virtual), “The missing link in gravitational-wave astronomy: exploring the decihertz spectrum” Presented by C. Berry, April 18-21, 2020
31. American Astronomical Society Meeting, Hawaii, “Universal Stellar Budget for LIGO Black Holes,” January 6, 2020
32. American Astronomical Society Meeting “Numerical relativity for IMBHs”, presented by D. Shoemaker, January 6, 2020
33. American Physical Society Meeting, “Results from the Search for Intermediate Mass Black Hole Search in LIGO”, Denver, April 16-19, 2019 7 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com
34. American Physical Society meeting, “Numerical Relativity in the LISA era”, presented by D. Shoemaker, April 2019
35. American Astronomical Society Meeting “Merging Intermediate Mass Black Holes in LIGO and LISA”, presented by D. Shoemaker, January 2019
36. 12th International LISA Symposium, “Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Population in Multiband Gravitational Waves”, Chicago, July 8-13, 2018
37. American Physical Society meeting, “Revealing the Final Black Hole from Signal at Maximum Amplitude”, presented by D. Ferguson, April 2018
38. LIGO-Virgo Collaboration Meeting at Sonoma, “Numerical Relativity and Intermediate- Mass Black Hole Search in O2”, March 19, 2018
39. 4th Annual Postdoctoral Symposium, “In Search of the Goldilocks of Black Holes” [First Prize], Georgia Tech, September 21, 2017
40. LIGO-Virgo Collaboration Meeting at CERN, “How massive a black hole can we see with Advanced LIGO?” August 28-September 1, 2017
41. LIGO-Virgo Collaboration Meeting at Pasadena, “Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first observing run of aLIGO”, March 13-16 2017
42. Career, Research and Innovation Development Conference, “First Detection of Black Holes” [First Prize for Poster], Georgia Tech, February 28, 2017
43. LIGO-Virgo Collaboration Meeting at Glasgow, “Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Binaries: Update on O1 Paper”,August 20-Sept. 1 2016
44. American Physical Society Meeting at Salt Lake City,“Confronting Numerical Relativity With Nature: A model-independent characterization of binary black-hole systems in LIGO”, April 16-19, 2016
45. Three-Minute Thesis Competition, “Searching for Black Hole Collisions in the Universe” [Finalist], Georgia Institute of Technology, Nov. 18, 2015
46. LIGO-Virgo Collaboration Meeting, Budapest, “Burst Search for Intermediate-Mass Binary Black Holes in Engineering Run-7”, August 20-September 1 2015
47. 18th East Coast Gravity Meeting and Beyond the First Century of General Relativity, “Learning About Generic Binary Black Hole Simulations”, Rochester Institute of Technology, May 2015
48. American Physical Society Meeting, Savannah“Precessing Binary Black-Holes and Their Spin Formulas”, April 5-8, 2014
49. Georgia Tech Research & Innovation Conference, “Investigating Black-Hole Dynamics”, February, 2014
50. Gravitational Wave Physics & Astronomy Workshop, IUCAA, “Final Spin of A Binary Black-Hole System”, December 17- 20, 2013
51. April 2010 American Physical Society/AAPT Meeting, Washington DC, “Choosing The Initial LISA Orbital Configuration”, February 15, 2010 8 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com II. TEACHING
University Courses
Fall 2018 PHYS 4147: General Relativity, Georgia Tech – Guest lecturer for an advanced undergraduate physics course (Course Instructor: Prof. Deirdre Shoemaker) – Gave an overview of the astrophysics and mathematics of black holes – Course textbook: Gravity by Jim Hartle
Spring 2018 Vertically-Integrated Projects Program on LIGO Data, Georgia Tech Fall 2018 – Project lead for the new undergraduate research course – Mentored group of students with research projects that utilize publicly available gravitational-wave data from LIGO-Virgo detectors – Three of my students joined our research group as full-members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration – Grading assignments included reviewing their weekly research journals and final semester presentation
Fall 2015 PHYS 3123: Advanced Electrodynamics, Georgia Tech – Graduate Teaching Assistant for an upper-level undergraduate course (Course Instructor: Prof. Nepomuk Otte) – Graded mid-term and final tests, and weekly assignments – Course textbook: Classical Electrodynamics by John David Jackson
Spring 2014 PHYS 3266: Computational Physics, Georgia Tech – Graduate Teaching Assistant for an upper-level undergraduate course (Course Instructor: Prof. Deirdre Shoemaker) – Conducted weekly lab sessions for programming on matlab – Graded weekly assignments & final projects on numerical applications in physics
Fall 2013, PHYS 2212: Introductory Electromagnetism, Georgia Tech Summer 2013, – Graduate Teaching Assistant for a freshman-level course Fall 2012 (Course Instructor: Dr. Ed Greco) – Conducted weekly lab sessions with 40+ students; projects involved standard experiments as well as coding physics problems in visual python – Scheduled weekly office hours; graded midterm-final exams
Spring 2010 PHYS 214: Wave Motion & Quantum Physics, Penn State – Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for a freshman-level course; – Conducted weekly lab sessions that involved experiments – Graded midterm and final exams
Spring 2010 PHYS 212: Introductory Electromagnetism, Penn State – Undergraduate Tutor for a freshman-level course – Assisted students with weekly assignments and preparation for tests
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Mentoring & Advising Graduate Students at Vanderbilt University:
• Krystal Ruiz-Rocha, 2020-Present (Vanderbilt-Fisk Bridge Program) ‘Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in LISA and LIGO’ – Member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration Undergraduate Students at Georgia Tech: • Richard Udall, 2019-2020 (Now PhD student in physics at CalTech) ‘Parameter estimation for massive black holes in LIGO’ – Published first author paper on GW170502 (The Astrophysical Journal) – Member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration • Grace Kim, 2017-2019 (Now PhD student in physics at SUNY Stony Brook) ‘Numerical relativity waveform studies for IMBH search in LIGO-Virgo detectors’ – Member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration • Shivan Mittal, 2017-2018 (Now PhD student in physics at University of Texas at Austin) ‘Glitch population at the high and low-frequency limits of LIGO’ – Member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration • Sam Lehman, 2017-2018 ‘Machine learning applications to investigate glitch population in LIGO’ – Member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration • William Wills, 2016 (Now PhD student in physics at Washington State University) REU student (Advisor: Deirdre Shoemaker) ‘Simulations using Einstein Toolkit’
Students in India: • Neha Babbar, 2020, University of Pune, India ‘Intermediate-mass black hole candidates in EM and GW astronomy’
• Rati Mehta, 2018, Maharaja Sayajirao University, India ‘Inferring black hole properties from LIGO Open Science Data’
• Heena Luthra, 2016, Co-advisor on her Master’s thesis, Amity University, India ‘Universe: From Electromagnetic to Gravitational Spectrum’
• Karan Patel, 2016, Maharaja Sayajirao University, India ‘‘Interactive web interface for numerical relativity simulation outputs’
• Ankit Maisuriya, 2016, Maharaja Sayajirao University, India
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Roles in Physics & Astronomy Community • Referee, Astrophysical Journal Letters • Chair of Session, American Physical Society April Meeting, Denver, CO – Gravitational Waves: Data Analysis Techniques-2, April 16, 2019 • Panel Discussion, 2016 APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics – Workshop with members of Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Tech
Roles at Vanderbilt University • Climate Committee of the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, 2020-Present – “finding ways to conduct an anonymous climate survey, looking into microaggression and bystander training possibilities, and looking into hosting a site visit from the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics and/or a future CUWiP conference”
Roles at Georgia Institute of Technology • Appointee by the Office of Provost,Technology Fee Working Group, 2015-2017 – Student government representative in a high-level committee appointed by the Provost to restructure mandatory fee (Budget: $6 million annually) – Recommendations were adopted by the Board of Regents [link] • Appointee by the Office of Provost and Inaugural Member, Einstein Programming Committee, 2016-2018 – “Committee will aim to educate and promote awareness of our students and community of Professor Einstein’s commitment to the sciences, human rights, and his connections to the African American community”
• Vice-President, Graduate Student Government, 2015-2017 – Elected for two consecutive terms by 6 colleges, 9000+ masters & Ph.D. students • Co-Chair, Institute-wide Technology Fee Committee, 2014-2015 – Allocating annual budget of $6 million • Elections Director, Student Government Association, 2015 – In-charge of conducting student government elections • Treasurer, Joint Finance Committee, 2014 – In-charge of $6 million of student activities fees • Senator, School of Physics, 2014 – Elected representative in the Graduate Student-body Council • Co-Founder & Vice-President of India Club (Graduate Body), 2013 – Largest student organization at Georgia Institute of Technology
Roles in Education Sector of India • Advisory Committee to the Government of Gujarat, India, 2017-Present – On Student Startup & Innovation Policy [link] – Budget: $30 million over 5 years, Impact: 1.4 million students 11 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com IV. OUTREACH
Social Media Accounts Estimated 30,000 followers across all social media platforms • Twitter (@astrokpj) - verified (blue tick) – 15,500+ followers; million+ views per month • Instagram (@astrokpj) – 9,000+ followers; 500,000+ views per month – 45% in the age group 18-24 • Facebook (/astrokpj) - verified (blue tick) – 3,300+ followers; 100,000+ views per month • Youtube Channel – 1,100+ followers; 24,000+ views • LinkedIn – 2,400+ followers
LIGO Visualizations & Outreach Full collection can be found at karanjani.com/visualizations
• Generated high-res numerical relativity visualizations for: – GW150914: the first detection of gravitational waves – GW170817: the first detection of light and gravitational waves – GW190521: the first detection of intermediate-mass black holes – Visuals appeared on the official NSF press briefings; featured on all major international media; images went viral on social media
• Generated poster of the first Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog – Features as a primary infographic on Wikipedia for “List of all GW events”; appeared on the homepage on LIGO DCC; widely used in conferences
• Invited lecture tour in cities across India for awareness on LIGO-India project – 30+ lectures to universities, industries and government • Translated LIGO Press Releases – In Gujarati (native language) and Hindi (national language of India)
Pop-Sci Articles for News • The Wire (Karan Jani), An interaction between Kip Thorne & Karan Jani
• Physics Today (Richard Issacson, Karan Jani, Charles W. Misner+) “C. V. Vishveshwara”
• Huffington Post (Karan Jani), “Why we need to thank Homi Bhabha for India’s role in discovery of gravitational waves”
• The Quint (Karan Jani), “Role Model Beyond Mothers: We Need Female Scientists”
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Speaking Engagements List continued from page 6
Invited Talks at Government & Industry Summits:
52. Google X Labs, “Q&A on the First Joint Detection on Gravitational Waves & Light” [Remote Talk, Invitation from Jack Hidary], Mountain View, USA, October 25, 2017
53. United States Consulate in Mumbai - Dept. of State Podcast (1.2 million followers on Facebook), “From Vadodara to the U.S. | Transformative Journey of Astrophysicist Karan Jani,” August 21, 2020
54. Forbes Under 30 Summit, “Secrets of The Universe”, Boston City Hall, Oct. 1-4, 2017
55. Official TED Conference (Telecasted on national television - 98 million views), “Listening to the Universe” , TED Talks India, January 14, 2018
56. International Conclave on Higher Education [Distinguished Speaker], “Building Institution of Higher Education for Innovation”, India, October 18, 2016
57. Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India [Distinguished Speaker], “How We Proved Einstein Right After 100 Years” New Delhi, August 22, 2016
58. Confederation of Indian Industries [Distinguished Speaker], “Interface of Mega Science Projects with Industries” Gujarat, August 19, 2016
59. United States Consulate General in Mumbai & Nehru Science Center, “Kathak of Cosmic Black Holes”, August 19, 2017
60. United States Consulate General in Mumbai & University of Mumbai, Public lecture “Black Holes, Legacy of Einstein & LIGO–India”, July 14, 2017
61. GUSEC Startup & Entrepreneur Webinar (6000+ participants from 8 countries) “Research and Innovation in Post-COVID Era” , May 29, 2020
62. Indian Overseas Scholars Association, “Science Policy in India” , October 10, 2020
63. Gujarat Literature Festival, “Role of Native Language in Learning Science”, India, February 4, 2018
Invited Public Lectures at Universities: Estimated reach: ~10,000 students and public-at-large in the last 5 years
64. ASTRO 1010 at Vanderbilt University, “Black holes and 100 years of testing Einstein’s general relativity”, November 3, 2020
65. Dyer Observatory & Vanderbilt University, “Meet the Astronomer” lecture series, Nashville, June 18, 2020 [canceled due to COVID]
66. Prof. P. C. Vaidya Memorial Lecture, “Kathak of Black Holes”, M. S. University, India, February 14, 2018
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67. R. H. Jani Memorial Lecture, Shreyas Education Trust, “Brahmand Mari Drashtiye” India, February 5, 2018
68. Maharaja Sayajiro University, “Discourse on Gravity”, India, February 24, 2019
69. The Laxmi N. Mittal Institute of Information Technology, “Gravitational-Wave Revolution”, India, January 19, 2019
70. P. C. Vaidya Birth Centenary Year Lecture, “Vaidya Metric and 100 Years of Black Hole Solution”, Gujarat University, September 9, 2017
71. Jawaharlal Nehru University, “Era of Gravitational Waves”, India, Aug 18, 2016
72. Delhi University, “Journey of Binary Black Holes”, August 17, 2016
73. Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, “Black Holes and Einstein”, August 3-6, 2016
74. Remarks at NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Invitation from Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Georgia Tech), September 27, 2016 [declined due to conflict]
75. Gujarat University, “Interaction on Black Holes and LIGO–India”, July 13, 2017
76. P. P. Savani University, “LIGO and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity”, India, Feb 7, 2017
77. Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, “LIGO and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity” Gandhinagar, India, Oct. 20, 2016
78. Gujarat Technological University, “Discourse on LIGO-India Project” , India, Aug 23, 2016
79. Navrachana University. “How We Proved Einstein Right After 100 Years”, India, July 27, 2016
80. M. S. University, “Black Holes, Legacy of Einstein and LIGO-India”, India, July 26, 2016
81. Indian Institute of Technology, “Fate of Einstein’s Legacy and Black-Hole Collisions” Gandhinagar, India, January 4, 2016
82. Georgia Tech Public Night, “How Big is The Universe”, September 23, 2014
83. Young Researcher’s Conclave, “How Binary Black-Hole System Lose Hair” Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar, January, 2014
84. Penn State, For the Future Campaign Kick-off, “Choosing The Initial LISA Orbital Configuration”, August 12, 2010
Invitations from K-12 Schools & Non-Profit Organizations:
85. Webinar with Nashville area high-school science teachers, June 22, 2020
86. Skyline High School in Mesa, Arizona, “Skype Interview with Dr. Karan Jani” , April 17, 2019
87. Shreyas High School in Vadodara, India, “Chief Guest on National Science Day,” February 28, 2019
88. Seva-Tirth Trust for Differently Abled (shelter for students and adults with special needs), “Gravitational Waves: Sixth Sense to Understand Universe”, India, July 28, 2016 14 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com
Media Coverage Mentions on “Google News” = 850+ in English, 450+ in Hindi, 250+ in Gujarati Partial lists of interviews and press coverage can be found at karanjani.com/press
Media Profiles (selected): • Forbes, “How This Under 30 Alum And His Team Used Gravitational Waves To Discover A New Class Of Black Hole” • Ozy, Rising Stars, “The 28 year-old Physicist Looking to Revamp India’s Education System” • Femina, “Man We Love - A Galaxy of Possibilities” • The Print, “This alumnus of a Baroda govt school unlocked a space secret” • Times Mirror, “Making Waves, Literally” • Quartz, “How Stephen Hawking influenced Karan Jani, an Indian astrophysicist” • SPAN Magazine, U.S. Department of State, “Making Waves” • The Better India, “This Indian Scientist Has Been Making Ripples Internationally with His Work on Gravitational Waves”
University Press Releases: • Vanderbilt, “Here’s how a Vanderbilt astrophysicist plans to observe a black hole ‘symphony’ using gravitational wave astronomy” • Vanderbilt, “Vanderbilt astrophysicist part of international team that discovered a gargantuan ‘alien’ black hole that challenges previous knowledge of the universe” • Vanderbilt, “How many stars eventually collide as black holes? The universe has a budget for that.” • Vanderbilt, “Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association announces 2020 award winners.” • Georgia Tech, “Georgia Tech PhD Student Called To Meet India’s Prime Minister” • Georgia Tech, “Observing a “Cosmic Symphony” Using Gravitational Wave Astronomy” • Georgia Tech, “Catalog of Cosmic Cataclysms Helps Establish Gravitational Wave Astronomy” • Georgia Tech, “In Search of the Goldilocks of Black Holes” • Georgia Tech, “Georgia Tech Lands Seven Yellow Jackets on 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30” • Penn State, “Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list recognizes Penn Staters as change-makers”
Recent quotes, mentions in news (selected): • Gizmodo, “Gravitational Waves Could Uncover Missing-Link Black Holes” • Agence France-Presse, ““It is a whole new world”: scientists detect mysterious black hole” • Yahoo Finance, “Astronomers spot a super-rare class of black hole for the first time” • Independent, “Alien black hole so massive it shouldn’t exist sends wave through the universe” • The Hindu, “LIGO offers clues to black hole physics” 15 KARAN JANI Curriculum Vitae karanjani.com
Podcasts, Radio and TV Discussion:
• BBC World Radio Interview (90+ million audience globally), “Discovery of the Strangest Black Hole - ft. Stephen Hawking,” September 3, 2020
• DD News (India’s public service broadcaster) “Discussion on the new LIGO discovery of intermediate-mass black hole,” [in Hindi], October 5, 2020
• Radio Mirchi Interview (4 million subscribers), Sept. 10, 2020
• Hotstar (300 million subscribers), “Dr Karan Jani on Gravitational Waves”, Jan. 14, 2018
• Times Now, News Hour with Navika Kumar (India’s most watched prime time news), “Special discussion on India’s Moon Mission,” Sept. 10, 2019
• NBC 11Alive Interview “On Gravitational Waves and Forbes 30 Under 30 Recognition”, May 4, 2017
• Press interaction in Washington DC after the signing of LIGO-India MoU between the National Science Foundation and the Govt. of India, March 30, 2016 - NDTV, ANI, Times Now, Doordarshan, AIR (major Indian news organizations)
• CNN International (10 million subscribers on Youtube), “Reaction after the announcement of gravitational waves”, February 11, 2016
• DD Girnar, “Discussion on the new LIGO discovery of intermediate-mass black hole,” [in Gujarati] September 9, 2020
• Swarajya Magazine (670,000 subscribers on Facebook), “My chat with Dr Karan Jani about the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Astrophysics”, October 14, 2018
• The Comedy Factory (619,000 subscribers), “Panchayat Podcast Ep.6 Ft. Astrophysicist Karan Jani”, April 2, 2019
• Carvaka Podcast (2000 views), “My chat with Dr Karan Jani about the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Astrophysics”, October 14, 2018
• DD News Documentary (India’s public service broadcaster , 2.13 million subscribers on Youtube), “Nobel Minds: Special Programme on Nobel Laureates”, January 25, 2017
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Total Publications (including with LIGO Scientific Collaboration) = 130; Total Citations = 36,500+; H-index = 56; [Google Scholar Profile] Citations for short-author publications = 250+
Includes first author work that featured as the cover of Nature Astronomy (March 2020 issue), one book chapter (Springer), and all LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave detection papers.
Short Author Publications:
1. K. Jani, K. Holley-Bockelmann, “Observational constraints on the Hubble Constant from Black Holes in the Pair-Instability Supernovae Mass-gap” - presented for LIGO P&P (to be submitted to Nature) (2020).
2. A. Toubiana et al. [with K. Jani], “Detectable environmental effects in GW190521- like black-hole binaries with LISA” - Physical Review Letters (under review) (2020). [arXiv:2010.06056]
3. K. Jani, A. Loeb, “Grvitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology” - Physical Review Letters (under review) (2020). [arXiv:1908.04985]
4. D. Ferguson, K. Jani, P. Laguna, D. Shoemaker, “Accuracy Drive for Numerical Relativity in LISA and 3G Detectors” - Physical Review Letters (under review) (2020).
5. R. Udall*, K. Jani, J. Lange, et al. (*undergraduate research advisee), “Inferring Parameters of GW170502: The Loudest Intermediate-mass Black Hole Trigger in LIGO’s O1/O2 data”, The Astrophysical Journal, (2020) [arXiv:1912.10533]
6. K. Jani, A. Loeb, “Global Stellar Budget for LIGO Black Holes”, Astrophysical Journal Letters (2020). [arXiv:1908.04985]
7. M. Arca Sedda, C. Berry, K. Jani et al., “The Missing Link in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Discoveries waiting in the decihertz range”, Classical and Quantum Gravity (2020). [arXiv:1908.11375]
8. K. Jani et al., “Detectability of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Multiband Gravitational Wave Astronomy”, Nature Astronomy, Letter (2019). [arXiv:1908.04985] - Cover of Nature Astronomy, March 2020 Issue - NSF featured research
9. S. Lacour et al. [with K. Jani], “SAGE: Finding IMBH in Black Hole Desert”, Classical & Quantum Gravity (2019). [arXiv 1811.04743]
10. K. Higginbotham et al. [with K. Jani], “Coping with Junk Radiation in Binary Black Hole Simulations”, Physical Review D (2019). [arXiv:1907.00027]
11. K. Chatziioannou et al. [with K. Jani], “On the properties of the massive binary black hole merger GW170729”, Physical Review D (2019). [arXiv 1903.06742]
12. J. C. Bustillo, F. Salemi, T. Canton, K. Jani, “Sensitivity of gravitational wave searches to the full signal of intermediate mass black hole binaries during the first observing run of Advanced LIGO”, Physical Review D (2018). [arXiv:1711.02009]
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13. J. Healy et. al [with K. Jani], “Targeted numerical simulations of binary black holes for GW170104”, Physical Review D (2018). [arXiv:1712.05836]
14. J. Lange et. al [with K. Jani], “A Parameter Estimation Method that Directly Compares Gravitational Wave Observations to Numerical Relativity”, Physical Review D, (2017). [arXiv:1705.09833]
15. K. Jani et al., “Georgia Tech Catalog of Gravitational Waveforms”, Classical & Quantum Gravity (2016). [arXiv:1605.03204]
16. K. Jani, L. S. Finn and M. Benacquista, “Pointing LISA-like Gravitational WaveDetectors”, (2013). [arXiv:1306.3253]
LIGO-Virgo Publications with Significant Contributions:
17. B. P. Abbott et al., “Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 Msun binary black hole merger GW190521,” Astrophysical Journal Letters (2020)
18. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 Msun,” Physical Review Letters (2020) [arXiv:2009.01075].
19. B. P. Abbott et al.,“Intermediate Mass Black Hole Binary Search in the First and Second Observation Run of Advanced LIGO Detector”, Physical Review D (2019). [arXiv:1906.08000]
20. B. P. Abbott et al., “GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs” Physical Review X (2019). [arXiv:1811.12907]
21. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for Intermediate Mass Black Hole Binaries in the First Observing Run of Advanced LIGO”, Physical Review D, (2017). [arXiv: 1704.04628]
22. B. P. Abbott et al. “All-Sky Search for Short Gravitational-Wave Bursts in the First Advanced LIGO run”, Physical Review D (2017). [arXiv:1611.02972]
23. B. P. Abbott et al., “Observing Gravitational-Wave Transient GW150914 with Minimal Assumptions”, Physical Review D, (2016). [arXiv:1602.03843]
24. B. P. Abbott et al., “Directly Comparing GW150914 with Numerical Solutions of Einstein’s Equations for Binary Black Hole Coalescence” Physical Review D (2016). [arXiv:1606.01262]
White Papers and Conference Proceedings:
25. K. Jani et al., “Grvitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Fundamental Physics” - White Paper submitted to the NASA Artemis Science Definition Team (2020). - Lead Coordinator on this white paper (30+ co-authors)
26. K. Jani et al., “A deci-Hz Grvitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology” - Snowmass 2021 Letter of Intent (2020) - Lead Coordinator on this white paper (70+ co-authors)
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27. M. Arca Sedda, C. Berry, K. Jani et al., “The missing link in gravitational-wave astronomy: A summary of discoveries waiting in the decihertz range”, White paper accepted for the European Space Agency’s Voyage 2050 call
28. C. Cutler, E. Berti ,K. Jani et al., “What we can Learn from Multi-band Gravitational- Wave Observations of Black Hole Binaries”, Astro 2020 Decadal Survey whitepaper (2019). [arXiv:1903.04069] - Submitted on behalf of the NASA Gravitational Wave Science Interest Group for the space-mission LISA
29. K. Holley-Bockelmann et al. [with K. Jani],“Building a Field: The Future of Astronomy with Gravitational Waves”, A State of the Profession Consideration for Astro 2020 (2019)
30. A. Sesana et al. [with K. Jani], “Unveiling the Gravitational Universe at μ-Hz Frequencies”, White paper accepted for ESA Voyage 2050 call (2019). [arXiv:1908.11391]
31. V. Witzany et al. [with K. Jani], “Probing the Nature of Black Holes: Deep in the mHz Gravitational-Wave Sky”, White paper accepted for ESA Voyage 2050 call (2019). [arXiv:1908.11390]
32. D. Shoemaker, K. Jani, L. London and L. Pekowsky, “Connecting Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis of Gravitational Wave Detectors”, Proceedings of the 3rd Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics (2014).
Book chapters:
33. K. Jani+ (in-prep), “Technologies to probe the deci-Hz gravitational-wave universe”, Gravitational-Wave Handbook, Springer (2021)
34. K. Jani, A. Soni, “Promise and Perils of Big Data Science for Intelligence Community” In: Kosal M. (eds) Technology and the Intelligence Community, Part of Advanced Sciences & Technologies for Security Applications book series, Springer (2018)
Othter LIGO-Virgo Publications:
35. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object,” Astrophysical Journal Letters (2020) [arXiv:2006.12611].
36. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW190412: Observation of a Binary-Black-Hole Coalescence with Asymmetric Masses,” Physical review D (2020) [arXiv:2004.08342].
37. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW190425: Observation of a compact binary coalescence with total mass ~3.4 Msun,” Astrophysical Journal Letters (2020) [arXiv:2001.01761].
38. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence,” Astrophysical Journal Letters (2017) [arXiv:1711.05578].
39. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral,” Physical Review Letters (2017) [arXiv:1710.05832 ].
40. B. P. Abbott et al., “Multimessenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger,” Astrophysical Journal Letters (2017) [arXiv:1710.05833]. 3 KARAN JANI Publications karanjani.com
41. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW170814: A Three Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence,” Physical Review Letters (2017) [arXiv:1709.09660].
42. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2,” Physical Review Letters (2017) no.22, 221101 [arXiv:1706.01812 ].
43. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence,” Physical Review Letters (2016); [arXiv:1606.04855 ].
44. B. P. Abbott et al., “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger,” Physical Review Letters (2016); [arXiv:1602.03837].
45. B. P. Abbott et al., “Gravitational-wave constraints on the equatorial ellipticity of millisecond pulsars,” Astrophysical Journal Letters (2020) [arXiv:2009.01075]
46. B. P. Abbott et al., “A joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs”, Astrophysical Journal (2020) [arXiv:2001.00923]
47. B. P. Abbott et al., “Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Virgo,” SoftwareX (2019) [arXiv: 1912.11716]
48. B. P. Abbott et al., “Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA”, Living Reviews in Relativity, (2019). [arxiv: 1304.0670]
49. B. P. Abbott et al., “A guide to LIGO-Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals, Classical & Quantum Gravity (2019) [arXiv:1908.11170]
50. B. P. Abbott et al., “A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo” Astrophysical Journal (submitted) [arXiv:1908.06060]
51. B. P. Abbott et al., “Optically Targeted Search for Gravitational Waves emitted by Core- Collapse Supernovae during the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo”, Physical Review D (2019) [arXiv: 1908.03584]
52. B. P. Abbott et al., “Model comparison from LIGO-Virgo data on GW170817’s binary components and consequences for the merger remnantGW170817”, Classical & Quantum Gravity (2019) [arXiv:1908.01012]
53. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for eccentric binary black hole mergers with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo during their first and second observing runs”, Astrophys Journal. 883, 149 (2019) [arXiv:1907.09384]
54. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for gravitational wave signals associated with gamma-ray bursts during the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo” Astrophys Journal (2019) [arXiv:1907.01443]
55. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with an improved hidden Markov modelO2 CW-Submitted to PRD (2019) [arXiv:1906.12040] 4 KARAN JANI Publications karanjani.com
56. B. P. Abbott et al., “All-sky search for short gravitational-wave bursts in the second Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo runO2 Burstsummary, Phys. Rev. D 100, 024017 (2019) [arXiv:1905.03457]
57. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for subsolar mass ultracompact binaries in Advanced LIGO’s second observing run” Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 161102 (2019) [arXiv:1904.08976]
58. B. P. Abbott et al., “All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients in the second Advanced LIGO observing runO2 BurstsummaryPhys. Rev. D 99, 104033 (2019) [arXiv:1903.12015]
59. B. P. Abbott et al., “Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO’s first two observing runs”, Phys. Rev. D 100, 062001 (2019) [arXiv:1903.08844]
60. B. P. Abbott et al., “Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1”, PRD (2019) [arXiv:1903.04467]
61. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO’s second observing run”, Phys. Rev. D 100, 061101(R) (2019) [arXiv:1903.02886]
62. B. P. Abbott et al., “All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data”, Phys. Rev. D 100, 024004 (2019) [arXiv:1903.01901]
63. B. P. Abbott et al., “Narrow-band search for gravitational waves from known pulsars using the second LIGO observing run”, Phys. Rev. D 99, 122002 (2019) [arXiv:1902.08442]
64. B. P. Abbott et al., “Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars at two harmonics in 2015-2017 LIGO data”, Astrophys. J. 879, 10 (2019) [arXiv:1902.08507]
65. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for transient gravitational wave signals associated with magnetar bursts during Advanced LIGO’s second observing run”, Astrophys. J. 874, 163 (2019) [arXiv:1902.01557]
66. B. P. Abbott et al., “Low-latency gravitational-wave alerts for multimessenger astronomy during the second Advanced LIGO and Virgo observing runO2 Alerts-Astrophys. J. 875, 161 (2019) [arXiv:1901.03310]
67. B. P. Abbott et al. [with Dark Energy Survey Collaboration], “First measurement of the Hubble constant from a dark standard siren using the Dark Energy Survey galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo binary-black-hole merger GW170814” Astrophys. J. Lett. 876, L7 (2019) [arXiv:1901.01540]
68. B. P. Abbott et al., “Searches for continuous gravitational waves from 15 supernova remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO”, Astrophys. J. 875, 122 (2019) [arXiv:1812.11656]
69. B. P. Abbott et al., “Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo”, Astrophys. J. Lett. 882, L24 (2019) [arXiv:11811.12940]
70. B. P. Abbott et al., “Tests of General Relativity with GW170817”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 011102 (2019) [arXiv:1811.00364]
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71. A. Albert et al. [with ANTARES and IceCube Collaborations], “Search for Multi-messenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during its first Observing Run, ANTARES and IceCube,” Astrophys. J. 870, no. 2, 134 (2019) [arXiv:1810.10693].
72. B. P. Abbott et al., “Constraining the p-mode– g-mode tidal instability with GW170817,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, no. 6, 061104 (2019) [arXiv:1808.08676].
73. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for Subsolar-Mass Ultracompact Binaries in Advanced LIGOs First Observing Run,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, no. 23, 231103 (2018) [arXiv:1808.04771]
74. J. C. Driggers et al., “Improving astrophysical parameter estimation via offline noise subtraction for Advanced LIGO,” Phys. Rev. D 99, 042001 (2019) [arXiv:1806.00532].
75. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for Tensor, Vector, and Scalar Polarizations in the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, no. 20, 201102 (2018) [arXiv:1802.10194 ].
76. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW170817: Measurements of neutron star radii and equation of state,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, no. 16, 161101 (2018) [arXiv:1805.11581 ].
77. B. P. Abbott et al., “Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817,” Phys. Rev. X 9, no. 1, 011001 (2019) [arXiv:1805.11579 ].
78. B. P. Abbott et al., “Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the first Advanced LIGO observing run,” Phys. Rev. D 97, no. 10, 102002 (2018) [arXiv:1712.01168 ].
79. B. P. Abbott et al., “Full Band All-sky Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the O1 LIGO Data,” Phys. Rev. D 97, no. 10, 102003 (2018) [arXiv:1802.05241 ].
80. B. P. Abbott et al., “First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data,” Phys. Rev. D 96, no. 12, 122006 (2017) [arXiv:1710.02327].
81. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW170817: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Compact Binary Coalescences,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, no. 9, 091101 (2018) [arXiv:1710.05837 ].
82. B. P. Abbott et al., “All-sky search for long duration gravitational wave transients in the first Advanced LIGO observing run,” Class. Quant. Grav. 35, no. 6, 065009 (2018) [arXiv:1711.06843].
83. B. P. Abbott et al., “First search for nontensorial gravitational waves from known pulsars,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, no. 3, 031104 (2018) [arXiv:1709.09203 ].
84. B. P. Abbott et al., “Effects of data quality vetoes on a search for compact binary coalescences in Advanced LIGOs first observing run,” Class. Quant. Grav. 35, no. 6, 065010 (2018) [arXiv:1710.02185].
85. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for Post-merger Gravitational Waves from the Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817,” Astrophys. J. 851 (2017) [arXiv:1710.09320].
86. A. Albert et al., “Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory,” Astrophys. J. 850 (2017) [arXiv:1710.05839]. 6 KARAN JANI Publications karanjani.com
87. B. P. Abbott et al., “On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817,” Astrophys. J. 850 (2017) [arXiv:1710.05838].
88. B. P. Abbott et al., “Estimating the Contribution of Dynamical Ejecta in the Kilonova Associated with GW170817,” Astrophys. J. 850 (2017) no.2, L39; [arXiv:1710.05836].
89. B. P. Abbott et al., “A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant,” Nature 551 (2017) [arXiv:1710.05835]
90. B. P. Abbott et al. [with Fermi-GBM and INTEGRAL Collaborations], “Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A,” Astrophys. J. 848 (2017) [arXiv:1710.05834].
91. B. P. Abbott et al., “First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data,” Phys. Rev. D 96 (2017) [arXiv:1710.02327].
92. B. P. Abbott et al., “First search for nontensorial gravitational waves from known pulsars,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 (2018) [arXiv:1709.09203 ].
93. B. P. Abbott et al., “First low-frequency Einstein@Home all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Advanced LIGO data,” Phys. Rev. D 96 (2017) [arXiv:1707.02669 ].
94. B. P. Abbott et al., “All-sky Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the O1 LIGO Data,” Phys. Rev. D 96 (2017) [arXiv:1707.02667 ].
95. B. P. Abbott et al., “Upper Limits on Gravitational Waves from Scorpius X-1 from a Model-Based Cross-Correlation Search in Advanced LIGO Data,” Astrophys. J. 847 (2017) [arXiv:1706.03119].
96. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the first Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model,” Phys. Rev. D 95 (2017) [arXiv:1704.03719].
97. A. Albert et al., “Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Gravitational Wave Event GW151226 and Candidate LVT151012 with ANTARES and IceCube,” Phys. Rev. D 96 (2017) [arXiv:1703.06298].
98. B. P. Abbott et al., “First search for gravitational waves from known pulsars with Advanced LIGO,” Astrophys. J. 839 (2017) no.1, 12, Erratum: [Astrophys. J. 851 (2017) no.1, 71]; [arXiv:1701.07709].
99. B. P. Abbott et al., “Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves from Advanced LIGOs First Observing Run,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 118 (2017) [arXiv:1612.02030 ].
100. B. P. Abbott et al., “Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Advanced LIGOs First Observing Run,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 118 (2017) [arXiv:1612.02029].
101. B. P. Abbott et al. [with IPN Collaboration], “Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts During the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B,” Astrophys. J. 841 (2017) [arXiv:1611.07947].
102. B. P. Abbott et al., “Effects of waveform model systematics on the interpretation of GW150914,” Class. Quant. Grav. 34 (2017) [arXiv:1611.07531 ].
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103. B. P. Abbott et al., “Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors,” Class. Quant. Grav. 34 (2017) [arXiv:1607.08697].
104. T. D. Abbott et al., “Search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in globular cluster NGC 6544,” Phys. Rev. D 95 (2017) [arXiv:1607.02216 ].
105. B. P. Abbott et al., “Calibration of the Advanced LIGO detectors for the discovery of the binary black-hole merger GW150914,” Phys. Rev. D 95, no. 6, 062003 (2017) [arXiv:1602.03845].
106. B. P. Abbott et al., “All-sky search for long duration gravitational wave transients with initial LIGO,” Phys. Rev. D 93, no. 4, 042005 (2016) [arXiv:1511.04398 ].
107. J. Aasi et al., “First low frequency all-sky search for continuous gravitational wave signals,” Phys. Rev. D 93, no. 4, 042007 (2016) [arXiv:1510.03621].
108. J. Aasi et al., “Search of the Orion spur for continuous gravitational waves using a loosely coherent algorithm on data from LIGO interferometers,” Phys. Rev. D 93, no. 4, 042006 (2016); [arXiv:1510.03474 ].
109. B. P. Abbott et al., “Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo,” Living Rev. Rel. 19, 1 (2016); doi:10.1007/lrr- 2016-1; [arXiv:1304.0670 ].
110. B. P. Abbott et al., “The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914,” Annalen Phys. (2016) [arXiv:1608.01940 ].
111. B. P. Abbott et al., “Upper limits on the rates of binary neutron star and neutron-star–black- hole mergers from Advanced LIGO’s first observing run,” Astrophys. J. 832, no. 2, L21 (2016) [arXiv:1607.07456].
112. B. P. Abbott et al., “Results of the deepest all-sky survey for continuous gravitational waves on LIGO S6 data running on the Einstein@Home volunteer distributed computing project,” Phys. Rev. D 94, no. 10, 102002 (2016) [arXiv:1606.09619 ].
113. B. P. Abbott et al., “Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run,” Phys. Rev. X 6, no. 4, 041015 (2016) [arXiv:1606.04856 ].
114. B. P. Abbott et al., “Supplement: The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914,” Astrophys. J. Suppl. 227, no. 2, 14 (2016) [arXiv:1606.03939].
115. B. P. Abbott et al., “Improved analysis of GW150914 using a fully spin-precessing waveform Model,” Phys. Rev. X 6, no. 4, 041014 (2016) [arXiv:1606.01210 ].
116. B. P. Abbott et al., “Comprehensive all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the sixth science run LIGO data,” Phys. Rev. D 94, no. 4, 042002 (2016) [arXiv:1605.03233 ].
117. B. P. Abbott et al., “A First Targeted Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Core- Collapse Supernovae in Data of First-Generation Laser Interferometer Detectors,” Phys. Rev. D 94, no. 10, 102001 (2016) [arXiv:1605.01785 ].
118. B. P. Abbott et al., “Search for transient gravitational waves in coincidence with short- duration radio transients during 2007?2013,” Phys. Rev. D 93, no. 12, 122008 (2016); [arXiv:1605.01707]. 8 KARAN JANI Publications karanjani.com
119. B. P. Abbott et al., “Supplement: Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational- wave transient GW150914,” Astrophys. J. Suppl. 225, no. 1, 8 (2016) [arXiv:1604.07864].
120. B. P. Abbott et al.,, “Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914,” Astrophys. J. 826, no. 1, L13 (2016) [arXiv:1602.08492].
121. S. Adrian-Martinez et al., “High-energy Neutrino follow-up search of Gravitational Wave Event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube,” Phys. Rev. D 93, no. 12, 122010 (2016) [arXiv:1602.05411].
122. B. P. Abbott et al., “Tests of general relativity with GW150914,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, no. 22, 221101 (2016) [arXiv:1602.03841 ].
123. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational wave background from binary black holes,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, no. 13, 131102 (2016) [arXiv:1602.03847 ].
124. B. P. Abbott et al., “Astrophysical Implications of the Binary Black-Hole Merger GW150914,” Astrophys. J. 818, no. 2, L22 (2016) [arXiv:1602.03846].
125. B. P. Abbott et al., “Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914,” Class. Quant. Grav. 33, no. 13, 134001 (2016); [arXiv:1602.03844].
126. B. P. Abbott et al., “The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914,” Astrophys. J . 833, 1 (2016)[arXiv:1602.03842].
127. B. P. Abbott et al., “Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, no. 24, 241102 (2016) [arXiv:1602.03840 ].
128. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO,” Phys. Rev. D 93, no. 12, 122003 (2016) [arXiv:1602.03839 ].
129. B. P. Abbott et al., “GW150914: The Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Era of First Discoveries,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, no. 13, 131103 (2016); [arXiv:1602.03838].
130. B. P. Abbott et al., “All-sky search for long-duration gravitational wave transients with initial LIGO”, Phys. Rev. D 93, 042005 (2016) [arXiv: 1511.04398]
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